I did find numerous grammar errors and repetition. What I did like about this story is that the characters were distinct and I enjoyed the descriptions. I’m not deterred by this one, but will try another one at some later date. I thought that maybe I just picked up one of her less interesting stories. While reading this I was wondering what made this author’s books so interesting. Maybe I’m used to more action packed mysteries, but I found the book very slow and put it down numerous times. In the end, this book is about Poirot visiting person after person and questioning them. At times the pace was too slow and it only picked up during the last two chapters. Throughout the story these characters are questioned by Poirot with roughly the same questions and it grew kind of tedious. The readers are introduced to numerous characters which I found difficult to keep straight, so I didn’t bother. Oliver, a friend of Poirot’s, who is attending a children’s Halloween Party. The story starts, not with Hercule Poirot’s pov, but with Mrs. Maybe it’s because I was used to watching the more polished TV shows, but this book wasn’t like that. Since Halloween is coming up, I thought this would be a good book to read. I’ve watched Hercule Poirot on the PBS stations and enjoyed them. This is the first Agatha Christie book I’ve read. It’s told in third person through Hercule Poirot’s eyes and about four other characters. Hallowe’en Party is the thirty-sixth book in the Hercule Poirot series.
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